Aurea Negron-Collazo (born 1939)

Puerto Rican-Spaniard descendent. The Negrón family from Puerto Rico has a common geographical root in Puerto Rico, the South-west, and the central mountains of Puerto Rico, while not confirmed a direct family relation among these families, their family geographical origin “Negron” is geographically locally common in the Island and many of them look physically similar. Aurea was the youngest sister of Sergio Negron-Collazo a famous Radio Broadcaster, Professional Baseball Administrator, and Music and Entertainment executive from Ponce during the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s. Negron families are originally from the same Puerto Rico’s southwest area. NEGRON, the last name has many famous and illustrious members both in the United States and Puerto Rico including American singer-songwriter Chuck Negron, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the rock band Three Dog Night, actor Taylor Negron, Conrad Negron Sr, Mayor of Indian Wells, California, Conrad Negron Jr and David Negron a former Disney’s Illustrator and Storyboard Artist, all of them Puerto Rican descendants from the South-West area of Puerto Rico. The Negron from Puerto Rico also included some other famous illustrious members, including Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court Justices Luis Negrón Fernández, and Antonio S. Negrón García, Senator Luis Negrón López, Poet and Feminist Mercedes Negrón Muñoz ( Clara Lair), Angeles Negrón Muñoz Journalist and feminist ( also a citizen of Ponce) and Puerto Rican actor Roberto Rivera Negrón.

Aurea is of Puerto Rican-American-Hispanic Descendant and during the time of 2016-2020, she lived in San Diego, California.

Aurea attended Catholic University of Puerto Rico 1962 ( B.A. Literature and Elementary School Education), Ponce High School Class 1957, McKinley School, Ponce, Puerto Rico. and Rafael Pujals School, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Aurea is Roman-Catholic and a liberal Catholic

Aurea has been an Elementary School Teacher, State and Federal Government Employee, and Housewife She was also empolyed by CREI ( N.S.A .US Government Contract/Capitol Radio Engineering Institute) - Linguist and Intelligence Specialist, Silver Spring, Maryland, Washington DC 1963-1970; She was an employee of the Department of Education of Puerto Rico (1960s) and the Department of Labor of Puerto Rico (1960s)

Aurea never had military experience, however two of Aurea's uncles from her mother side (Collazo Family, Jose and Jesus Collazo) were active in the U.S. Military, her oldest niece Yolanda (Negron) Torres was married to a U.S. Army Drill Sergeant with a long military career service. Aurea's step father Felipe Catala worked for many years as a hairdresser-barber in US military bases in Puerto Rico and the United States. Yolanda Negron-Torres, Aurea's oldest niece has also been active in Immigration and Customs enforcement in Texas, Arizona, California and Florida. Aurea's brother in law William Bracer who is a medical doctor. was a US Army Officer ( Captain) stationed in France in the 1960s. Aurea's cousin Hilda Lagos Collazo ( Hilda Brown) was also married to a career U.S. Military Sergeant and was stationed in Virginia and Washington DC area while Aurea also lived in Washington DC metro area in the 1960s. During Aurea's years in the Washington DC-Maryland metro area during the 1960s Aurea also developed with her husband Harry a close friendship with David Kryzanowsky and his wife Kate. David Kryzanowsky who was born in Seattle, but who was also raised in Ponce, Puerto Rico like Aurea and who also went to School with some of the Aurea's brothers was a US military high racking intelligence military officer. David Kryzanowky's wife's family, The Madera family, was also originally from Ponce. Their friend David, Lt. Col. Kryzanowsky served 28 years in the Army. He was stationed in Panama during World War II and was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. During the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Kryzanowsky translated Russian-language communications sent to President Lyndon B. Johnson by Soviet premier Alexei Kosygin. Kryzanoswky also worked before for President Kennedy during Nikita Khrushchev visit. One of the reasons why Aurea's only child is named David is because their friend David Kryzanowsky.